Tuesday, December 15. 2020
Apologies, first of all, for some sections of poorer-than-usual quality in this video. Clearly I need to up the bitrate on future videos when walking through woodland. Now sure, I could've fixed it and re-encoded the video - but to be perfectly honest: I couldn't be arsed.
On this episode of 'The Bushcraft Bothier' my other half and I go to scope out a couple of possible coastal bothies that sadly didn't turn out to be quite what we expected. No harm done, however. It was a fine wee Sunday afternoon adventure.
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Sunday, December 13. 2020
On this episode of 'The Bushcraft Bothier' I explore my new local beach as a potential location for a future overnight wild camp and act like a smug bastard at how lucky I feel to have moved to the Highlands.
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Monday, December 7. 2020
I've relocated to the Highlands and moved to an amazing little village called Brora in Sutherland with my other half, Dorota. The village is situated where the A9 road and the Far North Line bridge the River Brora. Set in a rural location, the surrounding area hosts a seemingly endless list of activities to cater for the outdoor adventurer. Sutherland, in my opinion, is the best part of Scotland and I feel extremely privileged to have moved here. On this episode I go on a little recce to scope out a nearby mountain bothy.
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Sunday, November 1. 2020
On this episode of 'This Is Why We Can't Have A Podcast' we discuss a multitude of unrelated horseshit, from Covid fatigue to the world being controlled by a secret elite whose motives might actually be pure and beneficial to the advancement of human civilisation rather than destructive. Disclaimer: For christsakes don't take anything we say in this podcast seriously. We're just throwing daft ideas around over a terrible Skype connection in an attempt to entertain ourselves and hopefully you.
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Sunday, August 2. 2020
On this episode of 'The Bushcraft Bothier' my other half and I spend two nights exploring a couple of bothies, and cook up the kind of food that Elvis would have as part of his staple diet.
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Monday, June 1. 2020
On this episode of 'The Bushcraft Bothier', my better half and I go for a walk along Glen Sherup to blow away the Coronavirus cobwebs and cook up some sausages on the twig stove.
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Monday, May 25. 2020
On this official inaugural episode of 'This Is Why We Can't Have A Podcast' we discuss the simulation hypothesis or the idea that we might be living in a digitally generated reality. Apologies in advance for the video and audio quality in places - it would seem the Skype connection that evening was playing up a little. We're still ironing out some of the challenges of making a podcast and the best way to go about filming and recording it, so bear with us as we learn as we go along.
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Tuesday, April 28. 2020
Drastic times require drastic measures, and for yours truly this has resulted in a hell of a lot of gardening and a bit of Skype time talking to my old pal, Peg, from my local boozer. Why is he called Peg? Well, years ago I thought he looked a bit like Simon Pegg without hair. These days, however, he looks more like a slim Paul Di'anno (the guy who sung for Iron Maiden before they became crap). All that aside, the name Peg has stuck and under Covid19 self-isolation we thought we'd try our hand at a little podcast to see if it's something we'd be any good at. You, the viewer, may never see this episode at all, but if Peg gives me the thumbs up to make it public then, who knows, there may be more exciting episodes of 'This Is Why We Can't Have A Podcast' in the near future.
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Wednesday, April 15. 2020
With the whole country seemingly in lockdown I've had to try occupy my time by resorting to a little backyard bushcraft. After weeding the patio and setting up the area for a hammock and firepit, my evenings have been whittled away drinking too many beers and sitting around the fire. Well, anything is better than being freaked out by BBC News.
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Monday, March 16. 2020
Last week, as the country (nay, the entire planet) descended into a little virus-inspired, self-induced chaos, I opted for a much more relaxing approach and retreated for a few days to the safety of the Scottish Highlands.
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Tuesday, February 18. 2020
On this episode I go on a bothy overnighter with some old friends, as Storm Ciara reaches its peak in the Scottish Central Highlands.
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Tuesday, January 14. 2020
On this episode I make an Indian meal à la Dan Toombs style. I first came across Dan Toombs (aka 'The Curry Guy') via his YouTube channel purely by accident over Xmas. I tried a few of his recipes and was so blown away that I bought his first book. For years I have experimented with trying to make a good British Indian Restaurant style curry and have failed repeatedly... until now. I'm not being endorsed to promote this guy's book or YouTube channel, but I was so impressed with how well his recipes turned out that I thought I'd give the dude a little shout out. Go check his channel here.
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Tuesday, November 5. 2019
On this episode I go on a bothy overnighter with my good friend Darren (aka Dazbo of 'Bothy Culture' fame). This video is quite short since my intention was less about filming and more about having a few beers around the body of the kirk with my old pal. Hopefully it has captured the kind of typical bothy night the likes of which Dazbo and I have had loads of in the past.
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Tuesday, September 3. 2019
On this episode I go on a bothy weekender with my new squeeze: 'The Walking Pole' (she walks and she's Polish, get it?).
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Thursday, August 8. 2019
Continuing on from where I left the trail last year, I cover ground from Morvich (near Shiel Bridge) to the beautiful village of Ullapool. This is the second stage of my CWT section hike over some of Scotland's most rugged terrain. Next year I plan on returning to complete the final section from Ullapool to Cape Wrath lighthouse.
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Monday, June 24. 2019
Alright you twisted freaks! On this episode I go on a little woodland camp with fellow YouTubers 'Renegade Scot' and 'Walk With Wallace' to test out my DD 3x3 Tarp in a tent configuration, using one of my most hated outdoor accoutrements: the dreaded walking pole (most favoured by the worst breed of 'Outdoor Knobber': the tragically shameful 'Imperial Pole Walker'). Sadly, I found that there is an actual use for the likes of a walking pole (other than a zimmer frame replacement). Fortunately, it has nothing whatsoever to do with compensating for your arthritic legs and geriatric-like knees.
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Tuesday, June 11. 2019
On this episode I go on a bothy overnighter with fellow YouTubers: 'Renegade Scot' & 'Walk With Wallace'. The amount of footage taken was a bit overwhelming, and most of it was completely unusable given our condition by the end of it, however, I've managed to subtly sift through enough of it to produce almost fifteen minutes worth of somewhat politically correct material that is almost Generation Snowflake friendly.
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Sunday, June 9. 2019
This is a bit of a follow-up episode to my 'Making A Cold Smoker' video, where I take you through all the steps necessary to cure and smoke some top quality badass bitchin' bacon. The whole process shouldn't take you any longer than nine or ten days, but the end result is worth all the effort.
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Monday, May 27. 2019
On this episode I go on a little overnight hammock camp with my good friends Dawn and Ray to a nearby woodland setting. This is the politically incorrect edit of the trip, so if you've got kids watching either put earmuffs on them or go check out Ray's (more politically correct) version of the trip here.
This campsite is a fantastic place which the owners like to keep relatively quiet and low key, however, I got invited along because my friends had been there before.
The owners of this woodland promote a more rustic camping experience which is set in a beautiful piece of Scottish woodland. With a small selection of bothy/cabin-like buildings dotted around the area, the pitches are well spaced out, each with its own fire pit and spacious surroundings.
This is a truly fantastic place which is a well-kept local secret, and I'll hopefully be returning to it again in the not too distant future.
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Friday, May 17. 2019
On this episode I show you how to build a cold smoker from an old pedal bin before running it through a couple of beta tests. This video was inspired by YouTube channel 'English Country Life' and their excellent series on how to home cure bacon.
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Sunday, April 28. 2019
A trip to Loch Tummel to spend the Easter weekend with friends.
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Sunday, March 17. 2019
Perhaps a slightly overdramatic title, but sometimes things just don't quite pan out the way you intended.
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Tuesday, March 12. 2019
On this episode I run through my kit list for a forthcoming 4 to 5 day trip, go on a little woodland recce to try scope out a suitable location for building a bushcraft shelter, and showcase my wood roaster & kettle smoker.
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Monday, February 25. 2019
On this episode of 'The Bushcraft Bothier' I go on a little recce to scope out an alleged bushcraft camp and shelter that is rumoured to exist in some local woodlands, in an effort to get a few ideas of what might be involved in a potential future project of my own.
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Wednesday, February 6. 2019
The Cateran Trail is a 103 kilometre (64 mile) circular walking route in central Scotland. The trail has no official beginning or end and can be joined at any stage. The route was established, way-marked and is now maintained by, the Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust. A variety of terrain is covered by the trail including farmland, mountains and forest. The path itself follows old drovers' roads, minor paved roads and farm tracks and can be walked in four or five days. It is now designated as one of Scotland's Great Trails by Scottish Natural Heritage. As of 2018 it was estimated that around 8,000 people were using the trail each year.
The trail is named after the Caterans: groups of highlanders who from the 1300s until the 1600s supplemented their subsistence income by rustling cattle from the relatively prosperous glens before driving them back to the upland areas. It goes without saying that those living in the glens did not appreciate the activities of the Caterans and raids were often followed by running battles with many killed as cattle owners tried to recover their livestock.
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Friday, January 4. 2019
There are many ways to spend the transition from one year to the next. Some people go to the pub, others spend it with close family and friends. For me, I opted for a two night winter camp at Loch Tummel where I pitched my teepee tent and centrally heated it with an Aladdin Blue Flame Paraffin Heater.
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Monday, December 31. 2018
It's that time of year again when I feel the urge to get out of Dodge and escape the excessive consumerism that has sadly become Christmas. On this episode I catch a cold, eat lots of steak, slow cook a leg of lamb on top of the bothy stove, talk about my wood processing tools, and listen to an audiobook about 'The Skinwalker'. This video is concluded with a nice little time-lapse of my walk out on Boxing Day using my new GoPro Hero 7 Black. So join me, ladies and gentlemen, for my 2018 Xmas Avoidance Strategy (or 'Brexmas' as I have come to refer to it) and maybe next year you too will make the decision to escape what has ultimately become nothing other than a huge commercial anti-climax.
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Thursday, November 8. 2018
After saving a pile of cash from undergoing the Sober October ordeal, I recently decided to invest in a new action camera: the GoPro Hero 7 Black. So, in order to test it out I decided to take it on a solo overnighter to a remote Scottish bothy. All the footage was shot at 2.7k as I wasn't sure how long the memory card would last, however, in retrospect I probably should've shot everything in 4k to get a better idea of the quality. You may however notice that I made a bit of a schoolboy error near the end of the video by forgetting that I'd been playing around with the zoom function, however, all in all, I'm pretty happy with the footage captured, especially the quality of the audio which has been a bone of contention for me in all my previous videos.
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Sunday, October 28. 2018
A little intro/preview video I put together to help promote my YouTube channel. Note: Music is written and performed by Lung (a band I played bass for during the late 1990s).
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